Gasolene-tank indicator.



G. NUESELL. GASOLENE TANK INDICATOR.

APPLICATlON FlLE JUNE 22, 1915.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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GERARD NUnsEnL, on NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNon-or'oNn-HALn T FRANK vnnmnunnn, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

(insomnia-TANK INDICATOR.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

v f Application filed June 22,1915. Serial No. 35,621.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gunman Nu'nsnnn, a

. citizen pf Belgium, residing at New Yprk,

V combinationwith a gusoleue tank especially in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gasol ene-Tank Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gasolene tank indicators and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and. claimed. v An object of the invention is to prov de in adapted to be used upon automobiles and similar vehicles, means for indicating the height of the'le'vel of gasolene in the tank, the said indicating. means being. observable by the driver or operator of the machine from the seatthereoii. 1 i

y W ith the above object inview the invention consists in" providing a vertically disposed tube supported upon the bottom. of the asolene tank and having pulleys jourj mile at the upper end thereof. A float is movably mounted in the tank andsurrounds the said tube. An indicating instrument is mounted at the dashboard of the machine with the said indicating instrument, whereby the nstrument is caused to reveal or indi- I tank;

In the accompanying drawing z-Figure is" a perspective viewof theindicator showing' the tank in section and parts broken away. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional 'viewof the indicator. proper, vFig. 3 1s a transverse sectional view of" the same.

, The said tube isop'en throughout its length and pulleys 3 are journaled at the upper end "thereof. A floatA! is movably mounted in the tank 1 and surrounds the tube 2. A

pulley 5 isjournaled at the bottom of the 'tank. 1 below the lower end of the tube 2 and anindicator proper 6 may be mounted at-the dashboard of the machine or 'at any other point where it may be readlly ob:

served by the operator of'the machine. A pulley 7 is adaptedto be journaled upon the body of the machine at a point below the indicator proper 6. A flexible element 8 is trained under the pulleys'5 and 7 and one end portion of the said flexible clement cate the heightof the level of gasolene inthe I end'of the flexible element 8' is connected Patented Feb. 15,

with cords 9 which are: trainedhovertthe float 4. A pulley 10 is journaled id'theindicator proper 6 and the fleXible element pulleys 3 and which" are connected at one end with the ntermediate'portion of the,

8 is trained, over the said pulley 10 and. a

weight 11 is'attached to the end of the element and the said weight isguidedin-a channel 1:2 provided'in the body of the. in-

dicator proper 6. An arbor ld is journaled I in. the body of theiindicator' dandcarries i f at oneend an arm 14 "adapted moreover" "a dial face 15. One end of acoiled 16 isattached to the ,body 'of theindicator Y 6 in amanner as shown in the: other end of the said coiled spring is connected with the arbor 13-. -A'ratchet wh eel' 17 is. fixed to the arbor 13 and a gear wheel 18 is journaled -upon the arbor 13. A spring pressed pawl 19 is 'pivotally mounted upon the gear wheel 18 and engages the teeth of the ratchet wheel 17. The gear wheel 18 meshes with a gear wheel 20 attached to th 1 side of the pulley 10. and means operatively connects the float 1 maintainedin a taut condition. Assuming that the tank 1 has been filled with gasolene and that the said liquid is beingused from the tank. As the level of the liquid in the tank descends the float 1 follows the v same, andhence the cords 9 are moved lon gitudinally over-the pulleys 3. I Inasmuch :asthe'. cords"9 are attached to one end of the flexible, element tl, the said element is moved longitudinally and during this movement it rotates the pulley l0 and elevates the weight 11. As the pulley 10 rotates, the.

gearwheel 20 turns with the same andsthe said gear wheel 20 rotates the gear-wheel. 18.

Inasmuch as thgteeth of the ratchet wheel 17 are maintained in engagement with the spring pressed pawlli) under the influence of the spring 16. 17116 arbor 13 turns with the gear wheel 18, consequently the indicator arm 14.- moves over the dial face 15 and the position of the arm 14Iover the face of the said dialindicates the level "of the liquid in the tank 1. .When thesupply of gasolene in the tank 1 has become. exhausted.

' the arbor 13 so that the arm ll is brought to an initial position over the dial face 15.

It is apparent that by disengaging thespringpressed pawl .19 from the teeth of the ratchet Wheel 17., the arbor 13 may be turned and the indicator arm 1H1 may be placed at any desired initial position over the dial face 15. brought to a desired initial position-over the dial 15, the pawl .19 is permitted to engage the teeth of the ratchet Wheel 1.7 and thus the parts arein operati e engagement with each other and the operation just beforedescribed may take place,

From the above description taken in co junction with the accompanying drawing,

it will beseen that a gasolei'ie tank indicator of simple and durable structure is provided and that the parts mutually cooperate with -\Vlien the arm 14 is' each other to indicate the height of the level of gasolene in the tank.

Having described the invention what is claimed is Agasolene tank indicator comprising a tank, a fioat movably mounted therein, pulleys located in the tank, a tube mounted in the tank, a pulley journaled at the bottom of the tank below the said tube, flexible ele-j ments connected with the floatfand trained over the first mentioned pulleys and joined together and entering the tube, a flexible element trained under the second mentioned pulley and entering the-tube and connected with the first mentioned flexible element, an indicator proper, a pulley journaled therein, the second mentioned flexible ele-- ment being trained over the last mentioned pulley, a Weight attached to the end of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each-1 1;! addressing. the Gommissioner of Patents;

Washington, D. C." 

